| Mehmet Nuri Yamut | |
| Chief of the Turkish General Staff | |
| Term Start: | 5 June 1950 |
| Term End: | 10 June 1954 |
| Predecessor: | Nafiz Gürman |
| Successor: | Nurettin Baransel |
| Birth Date: | 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Daret Izza, Aleppo Province, Ottoman Empire |
| Death Date: | 5 June 1961 |
| Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Allegiance: | (1908–1920) Turkey (1920–1954) |
| Rank: | General |
| Battles: | Balkan Wars War of Independence Battle of Gallipoli Korean War |
Mehmet Nuri Yamut Pasha (1890 – 5 June 1961) was a Turkish general, who became the 20th Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces on 5 June 1950. He was a career Artillery officer. In 1943 he was appointed to the 2nd Corps Command in Gallipoli.[1] During the 2nd Corps Command, he sold his house for the Turkish soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Gallipoli, and built a monumental grave.[2] He served as Chief of General Staff between 1950 and 1954 for a four-year period. It is the first commander-in-chief of the Turkish Land Forces Command since the transition from the Ottoman army to the modern-regular army. He then retired and entered the Parliament from the Justice Party.[1] TBMM X. and XI. He is a deputy in Istanbul.
After 27 May the then-Commander of Turkish Armed Forces Rüştü Erdelhun was assaulted by putschist young officers while the hero of the War of Independence, Ali Fuat Cebesoy and Korean War veteran Tahsin Yazıcı and former Commander Mehmet Nuri Yamut were arrested and imprisoned.[3] While he was a deputy, he was arrested after the 28 May coup d'etat. He then died in June 1961 during the Yassıada Judgments.[4]